Ramesh Chandra Das is Associate Professor and Researcher in Economics, Vidyasagar University, West Bengal, India.

• Introduction PART I: Size of Government Intervention in General Economic and Social Perspectives 1. The Problem of Financing Development Management: A Quest for Optimum Government Intervention 2. Revisiting Growth Promoting Optimal Size of the Government: An Empirical Investigation from Developing Countries 3. Dynamic Optimality of Government Expenditure: An Introspection Based on Endogenous Growth-Theoretic Approach 4. Government Expenditure, Good Governance and Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: Where Are We? PART II: Sectoral Aspects of Government Intervention in Economies and Groups 5. The Role and Application of Military Power as Instrument of National Power in the 21st Century 6. Military Keynesianism and the Economics of Regional Security and Defence Burden in the Middle East 7. Agricultural Expenditure, Infrastructural Development and Economic Growth of ECOWAS Countries 8. Government Policies and Inflows of Foreign Direct Investment in Developing Asia: A Dynamic Panel Study 9. Politics, Finance and Infrastructure: Evidence from Emerging Economies 10. Does Budget Deficit Cause Current Account Deficit in SAARC Countries? A Time-Series Econometric Investigation 11. Health Care, Income Inequality and International Trade: The Role of Public Expenditure PART III: Country-Specific Analysis on Impacts of Government Intervention 12. Determining Optimum Size of Government Intervention for Sustainable Development of Agricultural Farming in India 13. Do Public–Private Partnerships Draw a Line at Government Intervention? An Assessment on Transportation Sector in Turkey 14. Understanding the Market Economy of Malaysia through Globalization: Whether the Role of the Government is Minimum or Optimum? 15. Dynamic Effects of Public Expenditure on Oil-Producing Economies: Selected Case in Africa 16. Is Disinvestment of Public Sector Enterprises Growth Augmenting? The Indian Narrative in the Post-Liberalized Era 17. India–Nigeria Bilateral Economic Cooperation in Oil Sector: A Case of Government Intervention in Strengthening South–South Cooperation

Ramesh Chandra Das is Associate Professor and Researcher in Economics, Vidyasagar University, West Bengal, India.

• Introduction PART I: Size of Government Intervention in General Economic and Social Perspectives 1. The Problem of Financing Development Management: A Quest for Optimum Government Intervention 2. Revisiting Growth Promoting Optimal Size of the Government: An Empirical Investigation from Developing Countries 3. Dynamic Optimality of Government Expenditure: An Introspection Based on Endogenous Growth-Theoretic Approach 4. Government Expenditure, Good Governance and Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: Where Are We? PART II: Sectoral Aspects of Government Intervention in Economies and Groups 5. The Role and Application of Military Power as Instrument of National Power in the 21st Century 6. Military Keynesianism and the Economics of Regional Security and Defence Burden in the Middle East 7. Agricultural Expenditure, Infrastructural Development and Economic Growth of ECOWAS Countries 8. Government Policies and Inflows of Foreign Direct Investment in Developing Asia: A Dynamic Panel Study 9. Politics, Finance and Infrastructure: Evidence from Emerging Economies 10. Does Budget Deficit Cause Current Account Deficit in SAARC Countries? A Time-Series Econometric Investigation 11. Health Care, Income Inequality and International Trade: The Role of Public Expenditure PART III: Country-Specific Analysis on Impacts of Government Intervention 12. Determining Optimum Size of Government Intervention for Sustainable Development of Agricultural Farming in India 13. Do Public–Private Partnerships Draw a Line at Government Intervention? An Assessment on Transportation Sector in Turkey 14. Understanding the Market Economy of Malaysia through Globalization: Whether the Role of the Government is Minimum or Optimum? 15. Dynamic Effects of Public Expenditure on Oil-Producing Economies: Selected Case in Africa 16. Is Disinvestment of Public Sector Enterprises Growth Augmenting? The Indian Narrative in the Post-Liberalized Era 17. India–Nigeria Bilateral Economic Cooperation in Oil Sector: A Case of Government Intervention in Strengthening South–South Cooperation

Ramesh Chandra Das is Associate Professor and Researcher in Economics, Vidyasagar University, West Bengal, India.

• Introduction PART I: Size of Government Intervention in General Economic and Social Perspectives 1. The Problem of Financing Development Management: A Quest for Optimum Government Intervention 2. Revisiting Growth Promoting Optimal Size of the Government: An Empirical Investigation from Developing Countries 3. Dynamic Optimality of Government Expenditure: An Introspection Based on Endogenous Growth-Theoretic Approach 4. Government Expenditure, Good Governance and Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: Where Are We? PART II: Sectoral Aspects of Government Intervention in Economies and Groups 5. The Role and Application of Military Power as Instrument of National Power in the 21st Century 6. Military Keynesianism and the Economics of Regional Security and Defence Burden in the Middle East 7. Agricultural Expenditure, Infrastructural Development and Economic Growth of ECOWAS Countries 8. Government Policies and Inflows of Foreign Direct Investment in Developing Asia: A Dynamic Panel Study 9. Politics, Finance and Infrastructure: Evidence from Emerging Economies 10. Does Budget Deficit Cause Current Account Deficit in SAARC Countries? A Time-Series Econometric Investigation 11. Health Care, Income Inequality and International Trade: The Role of Public Expenditure PART III: Country-Specific Analysis on Impacts of Government Intervention 12. Determining Optimum Size of Government Intervention for Sustainable Development of Agricultural Farming in India 13. Do Public–Private Partnerships Draw a Line at Government Intervention? An Assessment on Transportation Sector in Turkey 14. Understanding the Market Economy of Malaysia through Globalization: Whether the Role of the Government is Minimum or Optimum? 15. Dynamic Effects of Public Expenditure on Oil-Producing Economies: Selected Case in Africa 16. Is Disinvestment of Public Sector Enterprises Growth Augmenting? The Indian Narrative in the Post-Liberalized Era 17. India–Nigeria Bilateral Economic Cooperation in Oil Sector: A Case of Government Intervention in Strengthening South–South Cooperation